I am so proud, I've pressed my Pigments

[joey444]

Soooo jealous! They look so pretty!

[darklocke]

You just made me go ahead an buy my very first pigments, girl! I love your pictures, your palettes and your work. I'm just sad that I can't get any 90% alcohol here, so I don't know what to use for pressing.

[nunu]

Awesome!!!! They look beautiful!

[Yagmur]

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Originally Posted by fintia

They do look pretty.. and they have like some kind of design???

Yes, the "design" is from my Shirt. I used an old Shirt to press them

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Originally Posted by darklocke

You just made me go ahead an buy my very first pigments, girl! I love your pictures, your palettes and your work. I'm just sad that I can't get any 90% alcohol here, so I don't know what to use for pressing.

Yaaaaaaaay for Pigments. They are my very favourite Product, so versatile and so colourful

Have you asked in a Pharmacy?! If you can't get Alcohol there, maybe you can order it online or you can use ez-preztrade-pressing-medium.cfm from Coastal Scents. Hope this helps

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Originally Posted by nunu

Awesome!!!! They look beautiful!

Thank you, Nora

[darklocke]

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Originally Posted by Yagmur

Yaaaaaaaay for Pigments. They are my very favourite Product, so versatile and so colourful

Have you asked in a Pharmacy?! If you can't get Alcohol there, maybe you can order it online or you can use ez-preztrade-pressing-medium.cfm from Coastal Scents. Hope this helps

We have these "silly laws" here, so I can't get anything stronger than 60% pure alcohol, not even in a Pharmacy. I can get other types of alcohol, like isopropyl alcohol or isopropanol, which but I'm not sure if I can use that for pressing pigments?

If anyone can help me answer that, I'd be very grateful.

[Yagmur]

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Originally Posted by darklocke

We have these "silly laws" here, so I can't get anything stronger than 60% pure alcohol, not even in a Pharmacy. I can get other types of alcohol, like isopropyl alcohol or isopropanol, which but I'm not sure if I can use that for pressing pigments?

If anyone can help me answer that, I'd be very grateful.

Jeanette/Capmorlovesmac used Isopropanol to press her Pigments:

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Originally Posted by capmorlovesmac

I bought so called Isopropanol in 70% and 95% at a Pharmacy and mix them so that I get a 90%ish alcohol. The second ingredient is water according to the pharmacist.
I found the best tool to dose the right amount of alcohol in the metal pan is an injection. So I can get the alcohol out of the glass jar and dose it like I want to.

[kittykit]

They're so pretty!! *drools*

[darklocke]

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Originally Posted by Yagmur

Jeanette/Capmorlovesmac used Isopropanol to press her Pigments:

Thank you! I will go ahead and give it a try then.

[ForeverKrystal]

These look so good...I really want to press some of my pigments but I'm nervous they will crumble into pieces when traveling!

[Yagmur]

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Originally Posted by darklocke

Thank you! I will go ahead and give it a try then.

You're very welcome
I hope you'll show us Pictures

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Originally Posted by ForeverKrystal

These look so good...I really want to press some of my pigments but I'm nervous they will crumble into pieces when traveling!

Try it. I don't know if they'll crumble. You have to be very careful I think, but you have to be very careful with normal 15 pan Palettes as well

[TamiChoi]

pretty!

[callison]

I did my first pressing last night and was so excited!!! It was so easy and now the pigments are a snap to use and travel with. YEAH!!!

[Yagmur]

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Originally Posted by callison

I did my first pressing last night and was so excited!!! It was so easy and now the pigments are a snap to use and travel with. YEAH!!!

Can we see Pictures?

[Mochahantas]

Do you guys think the 1/4 samples will be enough to fill a pan?

[Yagmur]

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Originally Posted by Mochahantas

Do you guys think the 1/4 samples will be enough to fill a pan?

I don't think that a 1/4 sample would be enough. I used like 1 1/2 Teaspoon for each Pan.

[blindpassion]

These are so pretty!

where did you buy the empty pans?

[Yagmur]

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Originally Posted by blindpassion

These are so pretty!

where did you buy the empty pans?

Thank you, Alexa

I bought them from Coastal Scents.

[coachkitten]

Those look gorgeous! I have been wanting to try this for sometime.

[MrsMay]

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Originally Posted by ForeverKrystal

These look so good...I really want to press some of my pigments but I'm nervous they will crumble into pieces when traveling!

I have travelled (via airplane) with my pigments and they havent crumbled.

I try to pad the palettes out well with a thin layer of foam/tissues on the inside to stop anything from moving and carry them in my handbag/carry-on luggage.

[AshleyDanielle]

Where did you get samples that were bigger than 1/4 tsp?

[Yagmur]

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Originally Posted by coachkitten

Those look gorgeous! I have been wanting to try this for sometime.

Try it! The texture of the "bad" Pigments is so much better after pressing them!!!

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Originally Posted by MrsMay

I have travelled (via airplane) with my pigments and they havent crumbled.

I try to pad the palettes out well with a thin layer of foam/tissues on the inside to stop anything from moving and carry them in my handbag/carry-on luggage.

I do the same with my Palettes

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Originally Posted by AshleyDanielle

Where did you get samples that were bigger than 1/4 tsp?

From my best Friend Andrea

[MacVirgin]

they look so pretty!!!!

[dj_krys_t]

I bought a cheap $1- 12 color pallet at the dollar store just to experiment. Emptied it out, and turns out 1/4 to 1/2 samples fit fine in it... If I used more that 1/2 it would probably spill over... For now, Im happy till I can buy larger pigment samples and do the full mac pallet like hers.

[cupcake_x]

They look great, Yagmur! I never would have guessed that they used to be pigments.

[ShesNoGhost]

Wow, they look awesome. I'm so jealous of you people that press your pigments. I wish I could, but I just can't be bothered. Too lazy.